Rave sweet corn!

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Can I counter with a rave of people giving away free produce? A couple people at the office have huge gardens and have been bringing in tomatoes, peppers, etc and it's awesome.

Though, I understand your point, diddy.

[Diddy]

Being in a rural area where alot if people have a garden doesn't help. Our garden must be about a week ahead of most because it seems that for a week we can sell everything at whatever we ask then we can't sell hardly anything. Being first to market is huge but there is alot of expense in getting a crop to market first. I've got a couple resturants that were sellin tomatoes and peppers to and that's basically all were sellin right now. We've been canning alot. This year is kind if a trial run in if we want to really go all out selling fresh veggies so its a learning process, profit is probably going to the city and selling at the farmers markets but I'm hoping to stay out of that.

[Jocephus]

if its any consolation, the two tomato plants i put on my deck have flopped this year.

good on peppers though.

[lukethedrifter]

Awaiting my first post squirrel massacre tomato crop. Built a cage to keep them out and it's working so far but it kept out the pollinators too apparently.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

It'd be such a pain inthe ass to go to farmers markets to sell. The only way I could see it being worth it would be to have unique produce....like blueberries or something. There's a guy at a farmers market around here, well, not at the farmers market, across the street because he can't legally sell these. But, he has chickens and a cooler full of eggs that he can't sell but can take donations for. So, legally, you can go and take eggs and not give anything though he gives you a pretty good guilt trip saying he needs donations to keep his farm afloat.

[lukethedrifter]

The farmers seem to do okay at the local farmers markets here. Some really long lines for some booths at Tower Grove Farmer's Market. And on Wednesday, they get to drink Schlafly.

[Diddy]

Why can't he sell the eggs? Just cause he doesn't want to pay the farmers market to set up shop? We buy eggs from several farmers that have chickens. Having something no one else has is kind of a double edges soared, either you have no competition or there is a reason no one else offers it.

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

Why can't he sell the eggs? Just cause he doesn't want to pay the farmers market to set up shop? We buy eggs from several farmers that have chickens. Having something no one else has is kind of a double edges soared, either you have no competition or there is a reason no one else offers it.

Because....I don't know. I try to avoid him due to the fact that he stinks and he's weird and likes to talk a lot. He says it is because he doesn't have a refrigerator and that is the only way that he is allowed to sell them, if he keeps them refrigerated. But he can't afford a refrigerator because people don't donate enough money you know (WINK WINK DONATE MONEY!!). I ithink that's his story.

Yeah....that makes sense. I don't have much experience. Just remember after college my buddy who has a farm up near Clinton said that we should open up a blueberry farm. His business plan included selling at KC and Springfield farmers markets. But, apparently you'd have to pick them by hand, iirc, take care of them moreso than other crops, and, you know, actually be at the farmers markets. Or maybe it was grapes. Either way, it was a lot of work with a surprisingly good payoff. But...that would have been our jobs. And, it didn't really sound like fun.

jEdited to say: I have no problem buying eggs from farmers. Way better than store bought eggs.

[Diddy]

I think any kind of berry there is a pretty high profit pontential in. We considered putting in five acres of strawberries, the up front cost is very high, and you don't get a crop the first year. When they are coming in its an all day every day thing for a 4-6 weeks. It's at a time I'm pretty busy farming so it won't work now, maybe when the kids get older well revisit it.

[IMADreamer]

I have a friend that has done well with strawberries. He picks some himself but also has a patch for people to pick their own.